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    Western Electric tube manufacturing

    Steve, I also hope you’re well! Heard this & had to try to share. I see the news got here before me!
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    Western Electric tube manufacturing

    I’ve heard that Western Electric is opening a tube manufacturing plant in Georgia. This could be good news for many of our members. Anyone have more info? Lee
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    Announcement - -- - -Whats Best Forum New Video Page Goes Live Today

    Just had the chance to look this over. Excellent! Lee
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    One of the greatest Opera performances of all time

    Thanks. I will seek this one out! Lee
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    David Karmeli's Natural Sound in Utah

    Wonderful writeup, experience, and showcasing the camaraderie of this community. Lee
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    Is a Lower Noise Floor, are "Blacker" Blacks, Consonant With the Music?

    Another consideration is the environment in which the speaker designer voices their speakers. Some dipoles, for instance, rely heavily on back wave reflections to create "ambiance" or "atmosphere" in playback. I know that both positioning and rear wave damping greatly affected the sound field...
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    Is a Lower Noise Floor, are "Blacker" Blacks, Consonant With the Music?

    Ron, I truly marvel at your ability to bring up topics which touch on aspects of music reproduction that are not often discussed. Any recording venue has an inherent noise "signature", and it perhaps adds to the individuality of recordings produced there. When we overlay noise from our...
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    Air Fryers

    We have the Breville from Williams-Sonoma. Excellent. Lee
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    For what it's Worth-Tesla

    I just saw an announcement that the base model Taycan will be $80K.
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    Honda goes small with first all-electric car

    I drive a BMW i3, full electric vehicle. With solar on the house, I commute to work for pennies. The i3 is faster than most cars on the road to 60mph, and is a pleasure to drive. With Honda and other makers moving forward with all-electric cars, it can only be good as the market is pushed to...
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    Magnapan 30.7 rear wave interference.

    You might also experiment with toe-in on the Maggies and listen for changes due to the back wave striking the horns differently. Changes to the sound may also be caused by any object (especially as large as those horns!) behind planars. Learned about this with my old Apogee Full Ranges. Lee
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    Sony WH1000XM2 MSRP $349.95

    This is a great recording. Have enjoyed it for years!
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    First Covid 19 vaccine recipient

    As far as I understand, one can be a “carrier” while uninfected. The ultimate goal is to have nobody (statistically) to give the virus to, implying post-infection or vaccinated immunity.
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    First Covid 19 vaccine recipient

    I received the first dose on 12/19 (true front-line) and get the second dose Thursday. My team manages the sickest COVID patients on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) when ventilators are unsuccessful. Besides a sore arm for a few hours, I noticed zero symptoms or side effects...
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    Solar Cell electricity effect on Audio???

    Admittedly not too knowledgeable regarding the EE side of this discussion, but I do have a large solar installation (63 panels w/micro-inverters). I also hear no degradation of sound. I am in the position to compare (as most solar customers are) the sound when the home is generating its own...
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    Visit to Audiophile Bill to hear his horns project

    Beautiful woodworking! Full pictures would be much appreciated! Lee
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    Leading Edge/Percussive Bass: Subwoofer Setup: Reference Tracks etc.

    I've always mentioned BIS-232 Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Track 4 "Hierophonie". Big transient energy on drum strikes at various locations around the huge soundstage. Since the recording is not extremely "dense" with instrumentation, the clarity of each percussion instrument is enhanced. I...
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    The Queen’s Gambit | Official Trailer | Netflix

    The ending scene where she greets the old men in the park was a good finish.
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    How Do You Brew Your Coffee

    Our recent remodel of our kitchen allowed us to add the Miele 6800 built-in coffee machine. The results are incredible, and it has multiple programs and presets so each user can customize the strength and portion of their selection which is then saved in memory. Does coffee, espresso, latte...
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    Mac OS Big Sur

    The new OS will make many models of their older computers obsolete, leaving only models ~5 years old or less able to run it. Lee
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    Pavarotti personal recordings released

    https://thereeltoreelrambler.com/2020/08/28/bringing-pavarotti-back-to-life-a-very-special-collection-from-the-maestros-personal-archive-from-hemiolia-records/ This ought to be VERY interesting. Look forward to our R2R guys reports on this one! Lee
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    My New True Soundworks Apogee Diva Extremes

    Beautiful! Please list all the associated equipment as well! Lee
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    What's Best? The Absolute Sound or today's High End Systems?

    Roger D touched on the perceptional aspects of attending a live performance. There are other stimuli/factors present at a live performance which are absent at home. Watching the physical movement of the performers, checking out the audience members, enjoying the architectural space, and the...
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    Dereneville - linear scanning of the grooves

    I look forward to reading the first WBF members' impressions. Tremendous accomplishment, Rainer!
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    New Apogee Divas

    Did anybody else see Graz’s new announcement that he’s offering custom built Divas that have full modern material upgrades? He’s also offering upgrades to existing Divas to bring them up to that spec. Lee
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    Jack Renner of Telarc - R.I.P.

    I had a few talks with Renner when Telarc was producing LPs of their digital recordings. My friend was Telarc’s sales manager before moving to Warner Bros. We laughed about the famous “1812 Overture” causing styli to jump out of the grooves, and he felt that “Alexander Nevsky/Lt Kije” was one...
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    Jamahal Private Resort in Bali, Indonesia

    Have a great time! And happy birthday to Tinka! Lee
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    SCAENA Loudspeakers at AXPONA 2019

    Great idea! I hope participants are able to get a much better impression of what these speakers can do. Lee
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    How did you fall in love with Classical Music?

    Larry, I saw Maazel conduct several times before Von Dohnanyi took over, then saw Christoph conduct many programs. Maazel had a more flamboyant, dynamic style & let the orchestra blow the roof off the place. Rite of Spring was incredible. Von Dohnanyi was a bit more reserved & carefully...
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    How did you fall in love with Classical Music?

    I should add to my previous post that a good friend of mine was the sales manager for Warner Brothers for several years. He also had connections at Telarc, having worked there. He had a pair of season seats (company perk) at Severance Hall (Cleveland Orchestra) and I attended around 100...

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